Purpose: Students will create their own short children’s book in which they will mimic the writing style that author Brian Selznick uses when writing The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Audience: Other student writers Genre: Children’s Story (Reader-as-Writer) Engagement: Students will be able to experience firsthand what it is like to write a children’s book and experiment with a different type of writing style that they don’t normally see or use.
Assignment: For this assignment students will read the children’s book The Invention of Hugo Cabret. After completing the reading students will create their own children’s book. They must use the same style of writing that is used in Hugo. They must use pictures to tell the story, but they must also use words to tell the story as well.
Example of children’s book: Another children’s book that students can look at to help with their writing is Wonderstruck, which is also by Brian Selznick.
What does the text teach? This text teaches that there is more than one way an author can write a children’s book. Selznick uses a combination of pictures and text to tell the story of young Hugo Cabret. It is by using this combination that Selznick catches the reader’s attention. It teaches children to use their imagination and to be creative. In order to write a children’s book, the writer must be able to imagine what a child would like. Once information is established, the writer has to be creative in the way that he/she wishes to present the information. The author has to be able to make the children want to read more. It also teaches that there is more than just the traditional way of writing a children’s book.
“Mentor” It can serve as a guide to how to create a children’s book that is similar. By looking at Hugo while writing, the author can see how to make transitions from telling the story with pictures to telling the story with words.
Reflection: I think that The Invention of Hugo Cabret is a great book for children to read. It presents characters that a child can easily relate to whether by age or by the circumstances that the characters are put in. The book is also easy for any child of any reading level to get into. The book presents a balance of pictures and words to tell the story. I think that the Pleasures text gives a great quote that describes the character of Hugo. “Much children’s fiction deals with attempts to grow up without actually growing up; to mature without losing the joy, optimism, and simplicity of youth. ( page 193)” In the book, we see how Hugo must grow up and take care of himself after his father dies and his uncle disappears. However, even though Hugo has to grow up fast in order to take care of himself, he never loses his child-like outlook. He enjoys doing magic tricks and playing with different little objects to create something else, something better.
Audience: Other student writers
Genre: Children’s Story (Reader-as-Writer)
Engagement: Students will be able to experience firsthand what it is like to write a children’s book and experiment with a different type of writing style that they don’t normally see or use.
Assignment: For this assignment students will read the children’s book The Invention of Hugo Cabret. After completing the reading students will create their own children’s book. They must use the same style of writing that is used in Hugo. They must use pictures to tell the story, but they must also use words to tell the story as well.
Example of children’s book: Another children’s book that students can look at to help with their writing is Wonderstruck, which is also by Brian Selznick.
What does the text teach?
This text teaches that there is more than one way an author can write a children’s book. Selznick uses a combination of pictures and text to tell the story of young Hugo Cabret. It is by using this combination that Selznick catches the reader’s attention. It teaches children to use their imagination and to be creative. In order to write a children’s book, the writer must be able to imagine what a child would like. Once information is established, the writer has to be creative in the way that he/she wishes to present the information. The author has to be able to make the children want to read more. It also teaches that there is more than just the traditional way of writing a children’s book.
“Mentor”
It can serve as a guide to how to create a children’s book that is similar. By looking at Hugo while writing, the author can see how to make transitions from telling the story with pictures to telling the story with words.
Reflection: I think that The Invention of Hugo Cabret is a great book for children to read. It presents characters that a child can easily relate to whether by age or by the circumstances that the characters are put in. The book is also easy for any child of any reading level to get into. The book presents a balance of pictures and words to tell the story. I think that the Pleasures text gives a great quote that describes the character of Hugo. “Much children’s fiction deals with attempts to grow up without actually growing up; to mature without losing the joy, optimism, and simplicity of youth. ( page 193)” In the book, we see how Hugo must grow up and take care of himself after his father dies and his uncle disappears. However, even though Hugo has to grow up fast in order to take care of himself, he never loses his child-like outlook. He enjoys doing magic tricks and playing with different little objects to create something else, something better.